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Patrick Worms: Hard issues in a magical setting
Five years ago, Patrick Worms was sharing his passion for the power of agroforestry in development at the European Parliament. His friend, Hartmut Behrend from the German Bundeswehr, saw an unmissable... Read More
Human Library: Face to face against racism in Vevey and Montreux
For the 2019 European Action Week against Racism, IofC facilitated two human libraries in Montreux and Vevey, offering face-to-face interactions on the links between discrimination, immigration and un... Read More
Alan Channer: A film-maker’s calling to 'land, lives and peace'
Alan Channer was working on a peace project in Baringo County, in the drylands of northern Kenya, when he received an invitation to a conference on ‘Restoring Earth’s Degraded Land’ in Caux, Switzerla... Read More
Initiatives for Land, Lives, Peace at UN Climate Summit in Katowice
‘We are not doing enough to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate disruption …this is the challenge on which our generation’s leaders will be judged’. With these words, UN Secretary General An... Read More
CDLS at the World Economic Forum 2019
The Caux Dialogue on Land and Security’s managing director, Irina Fedorenko, was invited to speak at the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 in Davos, Switzerland. She shares her personal experienc... Read More
Silence and love: two tools for practically everything
"Through my work and my own personal journey, I have come to realize that there are a great many things I cannot control, but the little I can control, that I can change, is in me. There are two tools... Read More
The power of religion and spirituality for transforming conflicts
Last December, Initiatives of Change Switzerland facilitated the venue of Imam Ashafa and Pastor James from northern Nigeria to the Center of Competence for Humanitarian Negotiation’s annual meeting i... Read More
CATS has come to an end
Dear friends, colleagues and all those who have been connected and involved in CATS. - Children as Actors Transforming Society, over the past years: CATS has come to an end. Read More
« Solidarity, Dialogue and Tolerance among Nations: towards a culture of Peace”
On the International Day of Tolerance, Initiatives of Change, who received the Ousseimi Prize on Tolerance in 2014, was invited to contribute to a panel discussion hosted by the UN Library in Geneva o... Read More
Stories from the frontline
Humanitarian field workers who deal every day with belligerent groups in the most dangerous places in the world need specific skills and techniques. Such institutions as the International Committee of... Read More
Peace Beyond Borders: 2018 Geneva Peace Talks
The 6th edition of the Geneva Peace Talks, on 21 September 2018, had the theme of ‘Peace beyond Borders’. In previous years, Initiatives of Change has provided speakers, but this year it was asked to ... Read More
Christine Beerli appointed as the new President of Initiatives of Change Switzerland
13 November 2018 – Christine Beerli, former Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and former member of the upper house of the Swiss parliament, was appointed on 1 Novem... Read More